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About Peters

The Peters Group

Based in Kempen, Germany on the Lower Rhine, the Peters Group is and remains an independent family-owned company and the only full-range supplier of coating materials for electronics worldwide, in the field of printed circuit boards (PCBs) production as well as the protection of assembled PCBs and electronic components (EMS).

Our high-tech products developed and manufactured in Germany are used, amongst others, in e-mobility/the automotive industry, in industrial and plant engineering, aerospace, medical technology, the LED industry as well as for converters in renewable energy generators.

For over 50 years, our research and development team has been working closely with customers to develop innovative solutions. With its own international service and sales companies and around 65 sales partners, Peters is a well-known competent and reliable partner in over 90 countries serving more than 4,000 customers.

Company Milestones

Here you can find the history of Peters from the beginning of pcb manufacturing in Germany until today. Details of our company history, such as the DIN EN ISO 9001 certification or innovative product developments like the world’s first peelable solder mask, will be revealed below.

2022

Peters Italia cracks the 2 million euro mark in its 10th year of existence (with two and a half permanent employees and one freelancer). Turnover is distributed evenly across all three product families.

ELPETEC test laboratory is setting standards – Peters Research offers technical testing for type series and products and determines technical data on behalf of customers in the quality testing laboratory.

2021

Peters products in series for e-mobility: both Elpemer solder resists and ELPEGUARD conformal coatings are used in series for electronic components which are installed into e-vehicles of renowned manufactures from the USA, China and Europe. This is causing a real order boom.

2020

Foundation of Peters Schweiz GmbH: Service, sales and distribution for customers in Switzerland and in Southwestern Germany, now from within the own company.

Coping the Corona pandemic through a reasonable internal prevention system. 50 years under the Peters flag: In January 1970 Werner Peters took over Niederrheinische Lackfabrik and focused on special coatings for the electronics industry.

2019

Error culture (learning from mistakes): The Peters error culture distinguishes mistakes and misconduct. We learn from mistakes and thus constantly improve our performance.

Relaunch of the Peters global quality policy: International management meeting in Maastricht results in new quality guidelines for the Peters Group.

Re-equipping of the laboratory. New furniture for the lab, state-of-the-art fume cabinets and testing and inspection devices worth € 500,000.

IHK award: 1st prize for best company health management (50 to 500 employees).

2018

Filing for patent for Elpejet solder resist: By the patent Peters secures a niche in the highly competitive field of solder resists which are applied by inkjet technology.

Market breakthrough for screen-printable heatsink pastes. OEM customers realise advantages and fuel further development and product launch on a grand scale.

2017

The third generation – Britta Alfes, née Schwartz, grand-daughter of company founder, and Benjamin Alfes – strengthens the management of the family business.

Opening of Peters 3D- and Ink Jet laboratory.

In memoriam: On 1 January PCB Pioneer, company founder and Senior Manager Werner Peters passes away at the age of 85.

Filing of a European patent: primer for LED technology: Peters Italia ensures effective prevention of colour shift by cast resin potting.

2016

Even stronger presence in Asia: Incorporation of Peters China (Shanghai) Ltd. and of Asia Pacific branches in Taiwan and Singapore

2015

First “Peters Coating Innovation Forum – Professional United”: kick-off for a successful series of events with respect to theory and practice of conformal coating and casting processes.

Introduction of the new Corporate Identity with Corporate Design and family brands

2014

Incorporation of Peters Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd., opening of showroom, Elpemer technical center and climate control laboratory; nomination of Laurent Morisset as Global OEM-Manager with home office in Paris.

First applications with Thermal Interface Paste TIP 2792 are realised for reliable heat dissipation and thermo-mechanical decoupling.

2013

Peters becomes member of the Cree Solution Provider Program as a supplier offering solutions that are suitable for use with Cree LED products.

Development of high-temperature stable Elpemer® solder resists in line with the HELP project, a research project of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research on “High-temperature electronics for Electric Mobility”.

2012

Incorporation of Lackwerke Peters GmbH & Co. KG Shanghai Representative Office for marketing and global OEM management

2011

Incorporation of Peters Italia S.r.l. responsible for the sale and service of PETERS products in Italy

2010

Publication of the reference book “Conformal Coatings for Electronics Applications”. The book meets with such global interest that it is also translated into English.

2009

Developed from the fast drying and easy-to-repair conformal coating series SL 1307: Thixotropic conformal coating SL 1307 FLZ-T for dam-and-fill applications and black-/white-opaque conformal coatings SL 1347 and SL 1397 for lighting applications

2007

Lackwerke Peters develops yellowing-resistant products for lighting applications: pure white solder masks SD 2496 TSW and Elpemer® SD 2491 TSW for substrate coating and white casting compound VU 4490/31 to protect the electronics

2006

Focus on protection of resources: The innovative Conformal Coating ELPEGUARD SL 1500 FLZ is based on renewable primary products.

2004

Incorporation of Lackwerke Peters Service Center China to support our Chinese conformal coating customers.

ELPEGUARD® trade name is introduced for our successful conformal coating range and stands for top quality

2003

Atotech becomes exclusive sales partner for our circuit printing materials in Asia

2002

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory lists our plugging pastes in the NASA specification D-8202; they fulfil the outgassing test per ASTM E595 and are thus ideal for use in space electronics

2001

Twin-Cure®, the world’s first thick film coating with two curing mechanisms (UV cure and moisture reaction in shaded areas), is awarded the Research and Innovation Prize by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce and qualified by Daktronics for coating scoreboards

2000

The heatsink paste for cost-effective thermal management of pcbs wins the “Research and Innovation Prize” of the German Chamber of Commerce and the German Medium-Sized Business Prize for the EXPO 2000

1999

Mission accomplished! Lackwerke Peters via hole filler flies to Mars – pcbs installed in the Sojourner Mars rover made with SD 2361.

1997

FUBA selects the photoimageable solder mask Elpemer® 2469 to manufacture Hagenuk cell phones

1996

Incorporation of Peters Research GmbH & Co. KG: Research, development and quality assurance of the whole Peters product range of printed circuit coatings and coating materials for electronics.

Certification in accordance with ISO 9001 – Proof of a consequent quality management system that represents the development, production and sale of high-quality products

1995

The second generation – Brigitte and Ralf Schwartz – assumes management responsibility

1994

Launch of water-thinnable conformal coating SL 1305 AQ – eco-friendly, quick to dry, excellent insulation properties, approved by BMW

1990

Incorporation of Peters Engineering für Elektroniklacke GmbH & Co. KG for the sale of single components or all-round equipment concepts in cooperation with selected suppliers. The first unit is modelled for Siemens Nixdorf.

1989

Cooperation with Nordson to introduce the first selective conformal coating units in Europe

1987

Numerous automotive approvals gained for the SL 1331 N conformal coating. Customers include Hella and VDO.

1986

The Elpemer® photoimageable solder masks are ready to market and enable as yet unobtainable resolutions. Customers include Grundig.

1984

Move to larger new premises in Kempen, at the same time the company name is changed to “Lackwerke Peters GmbH & Co. KG”

1983

Carbon-conductive ink to substitute expensive gold contacts, later qualified by Kostal as a sliding contact for the automotive industry

1981

The world’s first non-bleeding solder mask with optimum printing properties, suitable for Hot-Air Levelling, widely used in the “tiger states” of that time South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore

1977

The world’s first peelable solder mask to cover gold contacts during the soldering process

1973

Lackwerke Peters develops its first conformal coating (SL 1300) for assembled pcbs for Hella and VDO for application on Knödel dip coating equipment

1970

Takeover of “Niederrheinische Lackfabrik” in Krefeld with 5 employees.

Self-extinguishing UL-listed Wepuran casting compound VU 4459/41 SV, which took until 2004 to be completely superseded by the halogen-free version VU 4459/41 SV-HF from 1996.

1956

Werner Peters

The pcb pioneers Werner Peters (Lackwerke Peters), Fritz Stahl (Ruwel) and Hermann Seul (Isola) develop the first mass-produced printed circuit boards in Germany. This was the dawn of pcb manufacturing in Germany and Europe.

Global Locations

For over 50 years, our research and development team has been working closely with customers to develop innovative solutions. With its own international service and sales companies and around 65 sales partners, Peters is a well-known competent and reliable partner in over 90 countries serving more than 4,000 customers.
Austria

Putz Drucktechnik Ges. m.b.H.

Shuttleworthstr. 27-29, 1210 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Phone:  +43 1 2921508-50
Contact: Mr. Michael Schilcher

Belarus
No business relationships until further notice.
Belgium

Rotec BVBA

Hoge Mauw 1050, 2370 Arendonk, BELGIUM
Phone:  +32 1440 2150
Contact: Mr. Steven Mertens

Bosnia Herzegowina

Please contact us directly.

Phone:  +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Birgit Schuffelen

Bulgaria

ALBACO IMPEX Ltd.

Janko Sakazov Str.19, 1504 Sofia, BULGARIA
Phone: +359 2 943 48 41
Contact: Ms. Boyka Dzhambazova

Croatia

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Phone:  +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Birgit Schuffelen

Cyprus

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Phone:  +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Eva Hermanns

Czech Republic

INTERCONTI Ing. Tomas Braveny s.r.o.

Řípská 9a, 627 00 Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
Phone: +420 541 222637
Contact: Mr. Tomáš Bravený

Denmark

Interflux® Danmark ApS

Stenbro Allé 8, 6650 Brørup, DENMARK
Phone:  +45 75 383922
Contact: Mr. Finn Baastrand

Estonia

ELTROTEC Oy

Valutie 6, 17500 Padasjoki, FINLAND
Phone:  +358 3 551-2092
Contact: Mr. Jari Nikkarikoski
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Ekval Oy Engineering

Järvihaantie 1, 01800 Klaukkala, FINLAND
Phone: +358 10 4360200
Contact: Mr. Tuomo Martin
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Finland

ELTROTEC Oy

Valutie 6, 17500 Padasjoki, FINLAND
Phone: +358 3 551-2092
Contact: Mr. Jari Nikkarikoski
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Ekval Oy Engineering

Järvihaantie 1, 01800 Klaukkala, FINLAND
Phone: +358 10 4360200
Contact: Mr. Tuomo Martin
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

France

CTS Chimie Tech Services

7, rue Marcellin Berthelot, Zone Industrielle, 92762 Antony Cedex, France
Phone: +33 1 555955-75
Contact: Mr. Julien Jorge
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Lackwerke Peters GmbH & Co. KG

Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Sabine Thaler
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Germany (North)

Please contact us directly:

Phone: +492152200982
Contact: Mr. Friedrich Gerecht

Germany (South)

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +492152200940
Contact: Mr. Christoph Garlichs

Germany (South West)

Peters Schweiz GmbH Kettstraße 10, 6374 Buochs, SWITZERLAND

Phone: +41434555193
Contact: Mr. Daniel Langenstein

Germany (South East)

Endres KG Inh. Marco Kugler

Valznerweiherstr. 53, 90480 Nürnberg, GERMANY
Phone: +49 911 20644 0
Contact: Mr. Marco Kugler

Great Britain

Industrial Production Processes (IPP) Ltd

Saxon Business Park, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 1527 578-972
Contact: Mr. Jack Daly

Greece

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Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Eva Hermanns

Hungary

Mikro ’99 Kft. Visegrádi u. 23, 1132 Budapest, HUNGARY
Phone: +36 30 9 422 618
Contact: Ms. Maria Zsebedics

Ireland

Ireland – IPT Ltd trading as IPP Industrial Production Processes

18D Euro Business Park, Little Island, Cork T45 DP80, IRELAND
Phone: +353 21 423 2233
Contact: Mr. Jack Daly

Italy

Peters Italia S.r.l. con socio unico

C.so Torino 91/A – 10090 Buttigliera (TO) – ITALY
Phone: +39 011 9587635
Contact: Dr. Stefano Falletti

Liechtenstein

Peters Schweiz GmbH

Kettstraße 10, 6374 Buochs, SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41434555193
Contact: Mr. Daniel Langenstein

Latvia

C.H. Erbslöh Baltic UAB

Taikos pr. 141, 51132 Kaunas, LITHUANIA
Phone: +370 37 333805
Contact: Mr Donatas Kalvaitis

Lithuania

C.H. Erbslöh Baltic UAB

Taikos pr. 141, 51132 Kaunas, LITHUANIA
Phone: +370 37 333805
Contact: Mr Donatas Kalvaitis

Luxembourg

Rotec BVBA

Hoge Mauw 1050, 2370 Arendonk, BELGIUM
Phone: +32 1440 215-0
Contact: Mr. Steven Mertens

Malta

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Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Eva Hermanns

Moldova

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Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Birgit Schuffelen

Netherlands

Rotec BVBA

Hoge Mauw 1050, 2370 Arendonk, BELGIUM
Phone: +32 1440 215-0
Contact: Mr. Steven Mertens

North Macedonia

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Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Birgit Schuffelen

Norway

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Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Eva Hermanns

Poland

Printed Circuit Board Technology Spółka z o.o.

1.Królewiecka 221 A, 82-300 Elbląg, POLAND
Phone: +48 55 2361503
Contact: Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Roman Janasik

Portugal

Sisprod – Sistemas de Produção Electrónica, Lda.

Rua Manuel Pinto de Azevedo 567, S05 – 4100-321 Porto, PORTUGAL
Phone: +351 222 431941
Contact: Mr. Ricardo Lopes

Romania

HOLLROM IMPEX srl

Str. Constantin Nacu nr. 3, ap.1, sector 2, 020995 Bucharest, ROMANIA
Phone: +40 21 3127763
Contact: Mr. Alexandru Bica-Popii

Russia

No business relationships until further notice.

Serbia

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Birgit Schuffelen

Slovak Republic

INTERCONTI ing. Tomáš Bravený s.r.o.

Ulrychova 54, 624 00 Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
Phone: +420 541 222637
Contact: Mr. Tomáš Bravený

Slovenia

GREC d.o.o.

Cesta Andreja Bitenca 68, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
Phone: +386 1 519-0503
Contact: Mr. Miha Cankar

Spain

Necten Electrónica, S. A.

Trigo, 54, Oficinas 9 – 11, Pol. Ind. Polvoranca, 28914 Leganés Madrid, SPAIN
Phone: +34 916 942-409
Contact: Mr. Diego Callejón

Sweden

INTERFLUX SKANDINAVIA AB

Finntorpsvägen 6, 611 45 Nyköping, SWEDEN
Phone: +46 15598140
Contact: Anders Alkjaer
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Interflux® Danmark ApS

Stenbro Allé 8, 6650 Brørup, DENMARK
Phone: +45 75 383922
Contact: Mr. Finn Baastrand
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Switzerland

Peters Schweiz GmbH

Kettstraße 10, 6374 Buochs, SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41434555193
Contact: Mr. Daniel Langenstein

Turkey

YMH Teknoloji

Avni Diligil Sokak, Köroglu, Is Merkezi, Mecidiyekoy 6/7, Istanbul, TURKEY
Phone: +90 (212) 347 10 23
Contact: Mr. Halil Erdogan
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Lackwerke Peters GmbH & Co. KG

Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Eva Hermanns
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Ukraine

Galvanomayster Ltd.

Yevhena Sverstiuka Str. 11-B, office 620, 02660 Kiev, UKRAINE
Phone: +38 050 412-5244
Contact: Mr. Sergej Stromenko

Egypt

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Britta Terkatz

Iran

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Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Sabine Thaler

Israel

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Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Britta Terkatz

Middle East & West Africa (via PETERS ITALIA)

Please contact our colleagues from Peters Italia.

Phone: +39 011 9587635
Contact: Dr. Stefano Falletti

Pakistan

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +49 2152 2009-0
Contact: Ms. Britta Terkatz

South Africa

TECHMET (PTY) LTD.

402 Murray Road, Wadeville 1407, SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27 11 824-1427
Contact: Mr. Hannes Liebenberg / Mr. Bennie Otto

Canada

PARADIGN INC.

55 Hopkinton Rd., Suite 200 Westboro, MA 01581, USA
Phone: +1 508 870-7272
Contact: Mr. Rick Litavis
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Matrix Electronics Ltd.

1124 Midway Boulevard, Mississauga, ON L5T 2C1
Phone: +1 800 668-5447
Contact: Mr. Sunil Shah
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Mexico

PARADIGN INC.

55 Hopkinton Rd., Suite 200 Westboro, MA 01581, USA
Phone: +1 508 870-7272
Contact: Mr. Rick Litavis
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

USA

PARADIGN INC.

55 Hopkinton Rd., Suite 200 Westboro, MA 01581, USA
Phone: +1 508 870-7272
Contact: Mr. Rick Litavis
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Matrix USA

730 S Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92707, USA
Phone: +1 714 825-0404
Contact: Mr. Sunil Shah
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPESPEC

Argentina

ALROMA S.C.A. 

La Pampa 1836, C1428EAF Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Phone:+5411-4784-9107
Contact: Mr. Ing. Guillermo R. Pollak

all other South American countries

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Geraldine Roskothen
Brands: ELPEPCB, ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST

Australia

DuBois Chemicals Australia Pty Ltd

305 Frankston Dandenong Road, Dandenong South VIC 3175, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 3 9768 3860
Contact: Mr. Antony Gafin

Bangladesh

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Britta Terkatz

China

China Headquarter

Peters China (Shanghai) Ltd., Office 213, Building B, No. 1018 Dong San Li Qiao Road Shanghai, 200125 P.R. China
Phone: +86 21 60761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

Hong Kong

Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. 

Level 54, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong
Phone: +86 21 60761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

India

EMS Technologies

Flat No. 503, Balaji Residence-1, Rocktown Colony, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad 500 074
Phone: +91 9866157789
Contact: Mr. Vikram C. Phanibhatla
Brands: ELPEGUARD, ELPECAST, ELPESPEC

Kevin Electrochem

103 Marathon Max, 1st Floor, Near Nirmal Life Style Mall, Mulund-West, Mumbai 40080
Phone: +9122 25922419
Contact: Mr. Vijay Shah

Saga Enviro Pvt Ltd. (Ved Group)

2-2-120, M.G.Road Opp. Punjab National Bank 500 003 Hyderabad, INDIA
Phone: +91 40 27713368
Contact: Mr. Ashwin Ved, Mr. Sagar Ved

Indonesia

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch]

8 Wilkie Road, # 03-01 Wilkie Edge, Singapore 228095
Phone: +862160761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

Japan

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch]

8 Wilkie Road, # 03-01 Wilkie Edge, Singapore 228095
Phone: +862160761290
Contact: Mr Julian Wang

Korea

SB Coating Ltd.

#B-905 Gwangmyung SK, TechnoPark,1345 Soha-Dong, Gwangmyung-Si, 423-050 Gyunggi-Do, SOUTH KOREA
Phone: +82 2 6112-3055
Contact: Mrs. JS Shin

Malaysia

Peters Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch

L3A-2, SPICE ARENA, 180, Jalan Tun Dr Awang, 11900 Relau, Pulau Pinang
Phone: +6046158062
Contact: Mr. Lu Hee Siang

New Zealand

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Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Sabine Thaler

Philippines

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch]

8 Wilkie Road, # 03-01 Wilkie Edge, Singapore 228095
Phone: +862160761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

Singapore

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch]

8 Wilkie Road, # 03-01 Wilkie Edge, Singapore 228095
Phone: +862160761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

Sri Lanka

Please contact us directly.

Phone: +4921522009-0
Contact: Ms. Britta Terkatz

Taiwan (ROC)

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Taiwan Branch]

12th Floor, No. 415, Sec. 4, Xinyi Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipai 11051, Taiwan
Phone: +886-03-491-8908
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

Thailand

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch]

8 Wilkie Road, # 03-01 Wilkie Edge, Singapore 228095
Phone: +862160761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang

Vietnam

Peters SEA [Peters Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd. Singapore Branch]

8 Wilkie Road, # 03-01 Wilkie Edge, Singapore 228095
Phone: +862160761290
Contact: Mr. Julian Wang